earlshaggwell wrote...
AyaMikuko wrote...
It is pretty sad that CNN is at this point where they aren't even willing to make a real effort to be unbiased. And it has been like that for a while now.
I mean, it could just be that their efforts aren't noticeable enough, but I suppose that is to be expected.
for as long as i can remember, 'legit' news has jumped on the first conclusion, or most popular scape goat. for example, the VA tech shooting. i watched an interview of the shooters roommate. one of the first questions was, 'which violent video games did he play?'. the response was, 'none, he mostly just watched the news'. the reporter nearly broke her neck trying to change the subject. it's all about shock and buzzwords. they don't care about something so trivial as the truth.
That is the sad truth nowadays-most reporters don't want the truth anymore, they want the publicity. It is sort of like why some companies would rather do publicity stunts instead of advertising. Publicity stunts could potentially be cheaper and the news would do a spectacular job publishing their story all over the place.
Even so, I remember that one time, many years ago, some reporters were fairly unbiased. Then again, most news nowadays is owned or sponsored by some large corporation, which makes the news biased towards the owners.